Description |
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
Performer |
Narrator, Taye Diggs. |
Credits |
Editor, Girish Bhargava ; camera, Ed Fussell, Ronnie Smith, Tom Hurwitz. |
Summary |
The American Dance Festival presents Dancing in the Light presents a one-hour modern dance television program showcasing 6 historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. All of the dances were originally recorded for the Emmy Award-winning series Free to Dance, a three-hour documentary that aired on PBS in 2001 as part of the Great Performances: Dance in America series. Dancing in the Light features six dances in their entirety or in the case of one work, a complete section. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Contents |
Awassa astrige/Ostrich Asadata Dafora (1932) -- Barrelhouse blues (excerpt) Katherine Dunham (1943) -- Strange fruit Pearl Primus (1943) -- Mourner's bench Talley Beatty (1947) -- Rainbow 'round my shoulder Donald Mc Kayle (1959) -- D-Man in the waters, section 1 Bill T. Jones (1989). |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
African American dance.
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African American dance -- History -- 20th century.
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Modern dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Choreographers -- United States.
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Dance, Black -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Dance -- Performance.
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Added Author |
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965.
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Dunham, Katherine.
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Primus, Pearl.
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Beatty, Talley.
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McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
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Jones, Bill T.
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Reinhart, Charles L.
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Nimerichter, Jodee.
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Lacy, Madison Davis.
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Diggs, Taye.
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American Dance Festival.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Added Title |
Dancing in the light |
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Six dances by African-American choreographers |
ISBN |
9780769785202 |
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0769785204 |
Standard No. |
032031425194 |
Music No. |
D4251 Kultur |
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